Water-tower.



Patented my 3|, |900.

E. F. sT'EcK.

l WATER TDWEB.

(Application led Apr. 6, 1900.) (N o M 0 d el.)

lil-mln nlml'l-llllllll EE E E5 ERNST F.YSTECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE FIRE EXTIN- GUISI-IER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATER-TOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'N o. 654,814, datedJuly 31, 1900.

l Application led April 6, 1900.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.- l

Be it known that I, ERNST F. STEOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Towers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to that class of watertower fire apparatus in which the stand-pipe of the tower is provided with means for bending the nozzle to depress the streamand means for rotating it for deflecting the stream from side to side; and my invention has for one of its objects to provide 'a simple and efficient joint between the rotary and the 'non-rotary portions.

An other object of my invention is to provide a tight and simple joint for connecting the iexible portion of the nozzle to the standpipe of the tower.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which the saidobjects and certain tained, all as fully described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section and partly broken` away, of a stand-pipe of a water-tower embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the aforesaid joints; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

1 represents a stand-pipe, to the lower end of which the hose 2 from the engine or pump isv coupled by any suitable means, and on the upper end of this stand-pipe 1 is revolubly mounted a sleeve 3, to whose lower end is secured a gear-wheel 4, which meshes with a pinion 5, having an operating-rod 6, as usual, and being mounted in a bracket 7, clamped to the stand-pipe 1. The upper end of the pipe 1 is provided with an enlarged shoulder or fiange 8, which is preferably formed separately therefrom and secured thereto by means of screw-threads, it being held against screwing off by set-screws 9 or other suitable 5o devices, and the upper end of the sleeve 3 isflaredoutwardly or enlarged, as shown at 10,

other objects hereinafter appearing are at `Serial. No. 11,814. (No model.)

so as to constitute a peripheral recess for the kreception of the iiange or shoulder 8. The

mouth of the enlargement 10 is internally screw-threaded, and in it is screwed a coupling member 11, which ts down tightly against the fiange 8, and in order to insure against leakage the ange 8 has an annular feather 12 let into the lower face of the coupling member 11, and as a further safeguard 6o an annular gasket 13 is located between the face of the coupling 11 and the flange 8 and let into both of them, thus insuring against leakage over the top of the pipe 1, and thence down between said pipe and the sleeve 3, and at the same time providing a joint capable of permitting of the free movement of the latter. The coupling member 11 is prevented from working out of the mouth of the enlargement 10 by keys 14, screw-threaded 7o partly in the coupling member 11 and partly in the sleeve portion 10.

15 represents the Iiexible portion of the nozzle, whose lower end is provided with a shoulder 16, which is insert-ed into the coupling member 11 and rests upon a flange 17, formed on a stiffenin g or reinforcing ferrule 18, which is inserted in the lower end of the iiexible portion 15 of the nozzle, and surrounding the nozzle 10, just above the shoulder 16, is a ring 8o 19,composed of metal or other rigid substance, vwhile screwed into the coupling member 11 is the lower end 2O of one pf the nozzle-controlling members 21. By` this means it will be seen that when the portion 2O is screwed firmly 85 down into the coupling member 11 it will impinge the ring 19 and, forcing it against the shoulder 16, will compress the latter against the flange 17, and this in turn will be forced against an internal peripheral flange 22, 9o formed in the coupling member 11, a gasket 23 being interposed between the flanges 17 and 22, the pressure against the ring 19 swelling the rubber shoulder 16 and causing it to fit snugly in the coupling member 11. 95

B y the described means it will be seen that I am enabled to employ a rigid stand-pipe 1 throughout the greater height of the tower and at the same time provide the'nozzle with the desired degree of exibility and also with roo means whereby it may be deiected from side to side.

l against said flange for holding said sleeve' against movement in the opposite direction'V and a nozzle mounted -on said coupling memi Having thus described my invention, what. -I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a stand-pipe having.

a flange attached to they upper end thereof, a sleeve inserted over theend of said pipe and havinga circumferential recess receiving said flange for holding said sleeve against` movement in one direction, a coupling member secured in the end of said sleeve over and ber, substantially as set forth. g

2. The combination ofa standpipe,a flange secured tothe upper end thereof, a rotary' sleeve fitted over said stand-pipe and having its upper end enlarged to receive said flange,

. a coupling member screwed into said enlarged end'of the sleeve against said flange, agasket interposed between said flange and the part contiguous thereto and a nozzle carried by said coupling member, substantially asset forth.

4 3. The combination of astand-pipe,a flange` larged mouth at its upper end receiving said.

flange, a coupling member screwed into said mouth and bearing against said flange, Van annular gasket concentric with said sleeve let into said flange and the part contiguoustheretoV and a nozzle carried on said coupling memloer, substantially as set forth.`

4. The combination-of a stand-pipe, a rotary sleeve thereon, ay coupling member car ried by saidl sleeve and'having an internal flange, aflexible nozzle having an external shoulder fitting in said coupling lmember above said flange and the portion 2O screwed into said coupling member above said shoulder for forcing it toward said ange, substan .tially as set forth. l

, 5. The'combination of a stand-pipe, a rotary sleeve thereon, ailexible nozzle, a coupling member carried by said sleeve and having-an internal fiange, a flanged ferrule inserted in said nozzle above the flange of said coupling member, a shoulder formedon said nozzle above the flange of said ferrule and the portion 2O screwed into said coupling member above the shoulder on saidnozz'le, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a standfpipe, a rotary sleeve thereon, a coupling member'car- `ried by said sleeve and having .an internal flange, a flexible nozzle having an annular ped ripheral shoulder inserted in said coupling member, a ferrule inserted in said nozzle and having a ange engaging under said shoulder abovek said iange in the coupling member, a ring surrounding said nozzle above said shoul-V der and the portion'20 screwed into said coupling member and bearing. against said ring, substantially as set forth. A

.ERNST F. sTEoK.

Witnesses:

EDNA B. JOHNSON, F. A. HoPKI'Ns. 

